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Cops Arrest Gator-Carrying Bicyclist (Around His Neck)
UPI ^
| 8/13/09
Posted on 08/13/2009 2:55:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Louisiana man riding a bicycle with an alligator around his neck was arrested after he dropped the reptile on the ground and ran off as police approached.
St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies said they spotted Terron Ingram, 38, riding his bicycle with a 3-foot alligator around his neck Friday in Boutte. The man tossed the gator and jumped off his bicycle when he saw authorities approaching him to ask questions, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported Thursday.
Capt. Pat Yoes, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, said deputies do not know where Ingram obtained the alligator.
"We don't know what his intentions were," Yoes said.
Ingram was arrested and charged with cruelty to animals by abandonment, resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia and other charges. He was being held in lieu of $15,000 bond.
Alligator Control Officer Kenny Schmill said the gator was not harmed and had been released into a marsh near Bayou Gauche, La.
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alligator; crime; louisiana; opencarry
An alligator is drug paraphernalia?
To: nickcarraway
...now that coming bike crash would've been interesting to watch
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posted on
08/13/2009 2:59:50 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(HIRE AMERICANS......or face boycott (please feel free to use the same tag line))
To: nickcarraway
Capt. Pat Yoes, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, said deputies do not know where Ingram obtained the alligator. Hey Captain!.... It's South LA. Gators are not exactly hard to find.
What a maroon.
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posted on
08/13/2009 3:00:04 PM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: nickcarraway
Better than stories from d. C.
Good job
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posted on
08/13/2009 3:01:06 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(google; operation garden spot and REX84)
To: nickcarraway
"St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies said they spotted Terron Ingram, 38, riding his bicycle with a 3-foot alligator around his neck..." Well, it's certainly a lot easier than riding around with a rattlesnake in your pants.
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posted on
08/13/2009 3:03:51 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows
Did he get away with the snapping turtles in his pants?
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posted on
08/13/2009 3:04:31 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: nickcarraway
Ingram was arrested and charged with cruelty to animals by abandonment, So you have the alligator - VIOLATION
You LEAVE the alligator - VIOLATION
Is there anything they won't write a ticket for?
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posted on
08/13/2009 3:05:47 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: nickcarraway
An alligator is drug paraphernalia?"That's what I was thinking as well ;-)
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posted on
08/13/2009 3:07:48 PM PDT
by
Pajamajan
( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Ask His forgiveness. Don't wait.)
To: nickcarraway
How do we know the man wasn’t bring home some dinner?
Gator - It’s what’s for Supper.
To: Pajamajan
I must be very sheltered.
To: nickcarraway
They were taking a bite out of crime.
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posted on
08/13/2009 3:10:03 PM PDT
by
Pajamajan
( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Ask His forgiveness. Don't wait.)
To: nickcarraway
An alligator is drug paraphernalia? Yeah, but it's really tough to keep them lit.
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posted on
08/13/2009 3:11:23 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: nickcarraway
Yeah, I’d love to hear the explanation for this one.
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posted on
08/13/2009 3:12:49 PM PDT
by
Pajamajan
( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Ask His forgiveness. Don't wait.)
To: Ramius
Granny Clampett smoked crawdads.
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posted on
08/13/2009 3:22:42 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: nickcarraway
Probably was going to be ticketed for having a dangerous weapon that is larger than the ATF will allow.
We filled his head with cannonballs
And powdered his behind
And when we set the cannon off the gator lost his mind...
After all, this happened in New Orleans. Ironic that this has been posted. I had deep fried and beer battered alligator for dinner tonight...yummy!
To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
It was love.
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: nickcarraway
This is the only type of alligator I want hanging off my bod.
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posted on
08/13/2009 7:35:46 PM PDT
by
TXBlair
(Obama will be America's Waterloot; Pelosi, our Waterloon.)
To: nickcarraway
The gator wasn’t harmed, and they turned it loose; but he was arrested for “cruelty” by ABANDONMENT?!?
They can abandon it, and it’s fine, but if he abandons it, it is cruelty.
Okay, I think I still don’t understand now.
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posted on
08/13/2009 8:53:10 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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